dee dee myers, they already canceled colorado but kept green bay open. now the president's all of tuesday now spent in washington. there is sort of on one hand the president is commander in chief. on the other hand he can't campaign at all. >> right. the one thing that's good is that he -- it's he clear what he has to do, right? it's surprised they waited this long to cancel green bay, because tuesday the storm is still in full force, particularly up the coast in new england. we don't know what's going to happen, but the president needs to be here on site ready to handle whatever crisis might evolve. at least what he has to do now is clear, but it means he's off the trail. the effect of that is completely unclear. >> kim, you work in a lot of races. i want to change subjects here. i feel like we see where romney has momentum is not in the battleground states as much. we see it in the outside states. we see polls tightening from california being 25 points but 14. minnesota is 10 but 3 to 5. does it lead you to believe we can see a popular vote/electoral v